Good Self-Control as a Buffering Agent for Adolescent Substance Use: An Investigation in Early Adolescence With Time-Varying Covariates

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-471

  Wills, Thomas A ^a   Ainette, Michael G ^a   Stoolmiller, Mike ^b   Gibbons, Frederick X ^c   Shinar, Ori ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames

^d MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; buffering effect; growth modeling; self control; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 57649146287     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012965     Document Type: Article

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